Have you noticed that Republicans don’t smile much?
Look at Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chris Stewart; grumps in my estimation.
Denial of the strange forces that are eroding our world could be the cause. Denial in Utah, the West, America, all oceans and continents. I’m talking about the change in nature, global warming if you will. Protection of the oil industry or degradation of national treasures, such as trashing of Native American treasures in San Juan County or the grimness of hurricanes, Antarctic and Arctic ice melts, the dying off of species, the flooding of cities and farms, etc.
I don’t think these two have a clue. Perhaps it’s due to their “political base.”
It’s hard to define a belief system emanating from the folks who voted for them. It’s not traditional values, or the family values that we all honor, but, perhaps, fixation on wealth production over values honoring nature. Perhaps it’s ignorance.
There is truth in humor. In ironic truth, dark truth, that produces jokes we can laugh at, even though we know the joke is on us. The sin of politicians like Lee and Stewart is their denial.
As Mark Twain said: “Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
It’s time to get rid of Lee and Stewart.
Richard H. Keller, Salt Lake City